Button-tab end.



J. B. RUSS.

BUTTON TAB BND. APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 191s.

Patented Deo. 9, 1913.

IINIPIED STATES PATENT @FEIQI JOHN B. RUSS, OF SHELTON, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR T0 ROBERT N. BASSETT COMPANY, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ACORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON-TAB END.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN B. Russ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shelton, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Tab Ends, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

My invention relates to an improved button tab end for hose supportersof the well known but-ton and loop type.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new method ofconnecting the button supporting strip to the button itself so as toavoid sewing and clamp fastenings, and a very important feature of theinvention is to so thread the said strip through the slotted base plateof the button as to secure the much-to-be-desired rustless effect.

Heretofore it has b-een customary to stiften the lower end of a hosesupporter strip as shown in Crandall Patent No. 841,9e0, dated January22, 1907, so as to assist in holding a threaded tape securely to theslotted plate of a similar button. The method of threading, however, inthe present instance, is such that this eXtra expense is entirelyavoided, the binding action of the tape against the plate by reason ofthe unique threaded arrangement being suihcient to guarantee a firm andeffect-ive holding.

In the drawings Figure l is a relatively enlarged side elevation of abutton with its plate and supporting strip shown in section, said partsbeing assembled in final form ready for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view,the several folds of the strip being somewhat open to illustrate moreclearly the course of the threading.

l represents a button.

2 represents a button-supporting plate having three transverse slotstherein, said slots being substantially parallel. One of the slots 3 islocated on one side of the shank of the button, namely, the lower side,while the two other slots 4 5 are on the other side of the shank of thebutton. All these slots are substantially parallel, and the same are ofa length suflicient to receive the desired width of webbing. The widthof the slots is preferably as follows-the slot 5 is wide enough toreceive two thicknesses of the webbing, while the slots 3 and 4:, andparticularly the slot 4:, are somewhat narrower, the slot t in its mosteffective form being Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1913.

Patented Dec. 9, MMS.

Serial No. 768,776.

only wide enough to snugly receive the webbing strip indicated at 6. Theslots %5 are on what would be the upper end of the plate when the deviceis suspended ready for use.

The course of the threading of the end of the tape 6 through the slotsis as follows: The tape is passed through the slot 5 from the rear tothe front. It is then passed through the slot 4 from the front to therear. It is then carried down the back of the plate and up through theslot 3 from the rear to the front. It is then wrapped around the loweredge of the plate from the front to the rear and turned back. The eX-treme end of the tape passes through the slot 5 from the rear to thefront, thence is tucked toward the button under the overlying bindingloop indicated at 6a whereby the eXtreme end of the tape is securelyheld. The several leads of the tape in the plate are pulled taut, asshown in Fig. l, so that the binding loop 6a will firmly hold theeXtreme hidden lower end of the tape.

6b represents the lower loop of tape which covers and protects all thatpart of the frame or plate 2 from engagement with the body. rlhe upperpart of the frame above the loop 5 is protected from contact with thewearer by that part of the tape from which the button and frame aresuspended. The loop 6b likewise has a clamping effect on that part ofthe webbing strip leading along the bac-k of the plate from the slot 4to the slot 3. By reason of the tortuous course of the webbing, and byreason of the binding action of the overlying loops, the webbing is heldsecurely against slipping and accidental disengagement from the slottedbutton plate 2.

TNhat I claim is:

In a button tab end for button-and-loop hose supporters, a button, abase plate therefor having three transverse slots, one of said slotsbeing near the lower edge of the base plate, two of said slots beingnear the upper edge of the base plate, combined with a strip of webbingthreaded through said slots as follows-through the uppermost slot fromthe rear to the front, thence down to and through the next adjacent slotfrom the front to the rear, thence down to and through the lowermostslot from the rear to the front, thence down to and around the loweredge of the plate and up along the back thereof to and again through theupadequately support said extreme end of the permost slot from the rearto the front, webbing. thence downwardly again toward the butt0n, theeXtreme end terminating on the JOHN B RUSS' 5 outer face of the platebetween the two up- Witnesses:

permost slots, the bar between the two up- M. A. LEONARD,

permost slots being of suioient width to J. E. C. FOGARTY.

Copies of th'is patent may he obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

